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18 Nov 17 |
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Proposed Revisions to Preschool Services
ODE is accepting public comments now through Dec 2nd regarding proposed revisions to the rules governing preschool services. There are some significant changes to the rules. Please take time to review the proposed changes and comment. http://education.ohio.gov/About/Ohio-Administrative-Code-OAC-Rule-Comments
Continue Reading19 Oct 17 |
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ASHA Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for ASHA’s Board of Directors and Advisory Councils. The SIG 16 CC is encouraging school-based SLPs to submit nominations for ASHA Board of Directors positions and the ASHA Advisory Councils. It would be wonderful to see more school-based SLPs being nominated for these positions. Please ...
Continue Reading05 Sep 17 |
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Message from Board: Audiology Assistants
Dear Licensee, The Ohio Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Ohio Academy of Audiology (Board) are collaborating on an endeavor to create a new license category and regulations for audiology assistants in Ohio. The purpose of audiology assistants is to improve access to patient care by increasing availability of ...
Continue Reading07 Jul 17 |
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Subject: Medicaid Schools Update from OSSPEAC
Many of you called for help, and OSSPEAC responded! Changes in the Medicaid Schools Program have been happening very quickly. Late last school year, there was concern that school-based related services would have to be prescribed by a physician in order to be billable to Medicaid. The Government Affairs Coalition (the speech and ...
Continue Reading07 Jul 17 |
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TOPS Research Study
Are you an SLP working with preschoolers? You may be interested in participating in a reading research study by TOPS through the University of Cincinnati. Participants will be compensated for their time. Please click HERE for more information!
Continue Reading08 Mar 17 |
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Licensure board consolidation contained in House Bill 49
Please see attached regarding the House Bill 49.
Continue Reading29 Nov 16 |
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Board consolidation: Action Needed Now!
Last week we sent out important information regarding the proposed Board Consolidation Legislation in the State of Ohio. Now it is time for you to act! Please see this letter that was sent to all state legislators today. This letter represents the opinion of the licensure boards in the state and is a unified statement asking ...
Continue Reading21 Aug 16 |
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Resolution to the ORP Mandate
From Dan Thomas: On August 16, a group of MSP stakeholders convened at the Ohio Statehouse to draft an Ohio House and Senate Bill amendment that will give Ohio MSP Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists the authority to “Order, Refer, Prescribe” (ORP) IEP services in the ...
Continue Reading08 Jun 16 |
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Graduate Scholarship Apply Now!
OSSPEAC GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP The Ohio School Speech Pathology Educational Audiology Coalition (OSSPEAC) is committed to fostering our profession of speech/language pathology and audiology in Ohio’s universities. The OSSPEAC Graduate Scholarship has been established to raise awareness among graduate students of OSSPEAC and to ...
Continue Reading25 May 16 |
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Workload Calculator
Click HERE to download the new Workload Calculator Suggested Steps for Using the Workload Calculator Make sure you have an up to date version of Microsoft Excel software installed on your computer. Download the Workload Calculator from the OSSPEAC website and open the calculator. You will see a series of tabs/pages across the bottom ...
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